This. This is what we need. These are the kind of steps from which we all benefit. Google has just announced the Open Patent Non-Assertion Pledge: the company promises not to sue any users, distributors, or developers of open source products based on the patents it owns (unless first attacked).

No Evil? By using their sheer market size and subsidizing (offering) a free product directly competing with (not only) ours, we're going to take a huge hit.

Im sorry about that, but you should chalk it down as a learning experience and move on to the next thing. The fact is Google probably doesn't know you even exist - they have been working on translation software since before Android even existed - you tried to play in THEIR pool, not the other way around...

That is not to say there is anything at all wrong with that - but don't cry about it being unfair. Do it better or do something else better, but don't expect to be "protected" form competition - competition is the whole damn point.

Sorry to be so brutal about it, but that is just the truth. You had a niche product and Google noticed a gab in their offering and filled it. That is the way it goes.

Move on. Come up with a new idea, or make your product better than theirs. I really do feel for you, but blaming Google for competing with you is simply sour grapes.